Occupation Founder and Chairman Name Mark Getty Salary Unknown Role Businessman | Religion Roman Catholic Spouse(s) Domitilla Harding | |
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Born July 9, 1960 (age 63) ( 1960-07-09 ) Oxfordshire, UK Net worth £315 Million GBP (approximately $483 Million U.S.) Children Alexander Getty, Joseph Getty, Julius Getty Parents Abigail Harris, John Paul Getty, Jr. Siblings John Paul Getty III, Tara Gabriel Galaxy Gramophone Getty, Ariadne Getty, Aileen Getty Cousins Kendalle Getty, John Gilbert Getty, Alexandra Getty Similar People Jonathan Klein, John Paul Getty - Jr, John Paul Getty III, J Paul Getty, Gordon Getty | ||
Grandparents J. Paul Getty, Ann Rork | ||
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Mark Harris Getty, (born July 9, 1960 in Rome) is a British-born Irish businessman and co-founder of Getty Images. A member of the Getty family, which originally made its money from oil, he is the son of American-British billionaire philanthropist Sir John Paul Getty, Jr.
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Mark Getty
Career
Getty attended Taunton School and read Politics & Philosophy at Magdalen College, Oxford.
Getty began his career with spells at Kidder Peabody in New York and then joined Hambros Bank Limited in London. He co-founded Getty Investments LLC Group, which is the majority shareholder of the photographic agency Getty Images, with Jonathan Klein in 1993. Getty is the chairman of Getty Images. Under his leadership it has become a major supplier of both commercial and private photographs, especially for publications in the UK and US. Getty is a member of the board of Getty Investments LLP.
In 2003, Getty inherited his father's majority holding in the Wisden Group.
In 2004 Getty was re-appointed as a trustee of the National Gallery in London. He is a regular member of the Sunday Times Rich List.
Personal life
In 1982, Getty married Domitilla Harding, a member of the House of Lante Montefeltro della Rovere, at the Basilica of the Twelve Apostles in Rome. Together they have three children. His son Joseph married jewelry designer and socialite Sabine Ghanem at the same Basilica in May 2015.
In 2015, Getty was awarded an honorary knighthood (KBE) for services to arts and philanthropy.
Getty is an Irish passport holder and lives at Wormsley Park in Buckinghamshire, England.